Assault Weapons Ban Picks Up GOP Support

Yahoo! News ^ | Tue, Feb 24, 2004 | AP

[Reelect President Dubya]

"Although I voted against the ban a decade ago, over the past 10 years it has reduced crime dramatically and has made our streets safer," Warner said.

Too bad Senators aren't required to provide proof when passing brain farts.

[absalom01]

"Although I voted against the ban a decade ago, over the past 10 years it has reduced crime dramatically and has made our streets safer," Warner said. "The legislation also has protected the rights of gun owners better than many of us predicted."


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[45Auto]

"Although I voted against the ban a decade ago, over the past 10 years it has reduced crime dramatically and has made our streets safer," Warner said

BullSh*t! This clown has not read any of the reports from studies (one conducted by the Clinton DOJ itself) that conclusively show that the AW ban has NOT produced ANY reduction in violent crime. Another Enemy of Freedom. The true criminals are those in the US Senate who sit around collecting money from the taxpayers and then crapping all over the Constitution in return.

[TomServo]

This sucks...

[45Auto]

The Republican Congressional leadership better get this issue in hand; in this election year, only a moron would think that they could shaft RKBA advocates once again and retain power in the White House and the Senate. This election will be a watershed for the Republican Party - either 20 years of domination as the majority, or a rapid descent into minority status for a generation on the road to political oblivion. These idiots had better get their crap together.

[yonif]

Maybe they figure more votes will be won then lost?

[Joe Brower]

[marktwain]

Who are these traitorous RINOs in the Senate, so we can work like h*ll to get them diselected!

The lies these people tell to try to keep their power are no longer credible.

[Travis McGee]

That's ALL enemies. Including rats AND rinos.

[toddst]

"The legislation also has protected the rights of gun owners better than many of us predicted."

How can Senator Warner move his mouth, make sounds and say such nonsense? How have I as a gun owner been protected by the AWB? NOT!

Apparently the good Senator has suffered a half-heimers attack. He somehow believes his gun owning citizens are complete fools. They are if this pathetic old clown is re-elected!

[ClintonBeGone]

"Although I voted against the ban a decade ago, over the past 10 years it has reduced crime dramatically and has made our streets safer," Warner said. "The legislation also has protected the rights of gun owners better than many of us predicted."

He's clearly not running again for election. I hope Ollie North will run again for the Senate, if he can take the pay cut.

[gieriscm]

Senator Warner is from Virginia. This may be his last term. As bad as he is on RKBA issues, I wouldn't be surprised if our current Governor Warner (D) replaces him - which would be a disaster for those of us who are also fiscal conservatives and who believe in the Right to Life.

[45Auto]

Maybe they figure more votes will be won then lost?

If so, they are idiots. The President NEEDS all the support he can get; unless the 50% RAT voters have changed their minds since the Gore debacle, this could be a VERY close election. The Pres has already pissed off a good deal of his base with a number of missteps he has taken on certain issues. I am willing to write off campaign finance "reform", Medicare "reform", illegal alien amnesty proposals, and most of the rest of this nonsense. But there are limits. The AW ban is "the line in the sand". And those morons who expect to receive healthy campaign donations from the grassroots conservatives better see the writing on the wall.

[Imal]

This is one reason, but not the only reason, why I am no longer a Republican.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Three Republican senators agreed Tuesday to support renewal of the soon-to-expire assault weapons ban

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[Uncle Hal]

DOA in the House

[Dan from Michigan]

They picked up support Tuesday from GOP Sens. John Warner of Virginia, Mike DeWine of Ohio and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island.

None of these three jokers suprise me. Warner voted for the gun show ban, as did DeWine and Chafee. Chafee's Dad wanted to ban em all.

McCain, Grassley, Fitzgerald, Voinovich, and McCain will likely vote for the ban as well.

[Travis McGee]

With those RINOS plus all the 'rats, the AWB is going to be extended.

[yarddog]

I suspect some of them do think it is a politically good move.

In some ways that might sound logical as they think something like "where else will the gun owners go?"

The problem is they don't consider the fact that they will pick up few if any from the gun grabbers but will alienate a large group of voters. If they are like me, they probably will not vote for the Dems but will just refuse to vote.